The D800 On Assignment Benjamin Antony Monn Cliff Mautner Fine art/Architecture (Germany) Wedding (U.S.A.) As a modern architectural photographer I am always looking for a lightweight, Speed and power, without compromise. That’s how I’d sum up my impression compact and reliable camera system fulfilling the requirements of my personal of the new Nikon D800. Established medium-format image quality is artistic and client expectations. The Nikon D800 will set new standards for now inside a phenomenal, incredibly responsive Nikon machine. At 36.3 the high-end 35mm D-SLR market. I have never worked with a 35mm digital megapixels, the D800 produces unprecedented image quality and resolution camera that produces images with such exceptional quality and detail till within a body that boasts revolutionary technological advances. The 3D color now. Particularly, the live view mode enables extremely precise compositions matrix metering III, wide dynamic range and the improved AF performance and easy focusing in dim lighting, which simplifies my workflow. Superior in low light are just a few features that are glaring improvements. The D800 quality lenses such as the PC NIKKOR tilt & shift lineup are indispensable for allows me to concentrate on the light, the composition and my subject architectural photography. From my hands-on experience I found that they without having to think about much else. In years past, wedding photography perfectly match with the newly invented system and produce breathtakingly was traditionally captured with medium-format equipment for maximum clean, clear and sharp files. This camera gives me the photographic flexibility image quality. When the 35mm format was adopted within the genre, it was to work at unusual shooting locations and capture images in an exceptional widely accepted that image quality was compromised in lieu of speed and range of light. It definitely takes my photographic versatility and image quality convenience. Now, my wedding portraiture will have a depth it’s never shown to a new level. What a new companion! before, and my style of shooting will be enhanced rather than compromised, thanks to the D800. Jim Brandenburg Rob Van Petten Nature (U.S.A.) Fashion (U.S.A.) To me, cameras are more like paintbrushes than technology. The goal is When I’m shooting beauty and jewelry in the studio or fashion on location, not megapixels or technique but the image, and while camera models 36.3 megapixels changes the industry standard: in image quality, dynamic are important, they are not the be-all or end-all. But after a lifetime using range, color rendering and the final print. The detail from the D800 produces countless cameras, I have found a new best friend. It was not love at first the look of a medium-format camera, but gives me the feel and response of a sight. The sharpness and detail were initially intimidating, exposing my flaws D-SLR. The improvements in rendering skin tone and specular highlights, as like never before. Subtle camera movements showed and differences of well as fabric and hair detail are superior to anything that has come before. acuity between aperture choices on various lenses were apparent. But now I Autofocus quickly tracks models in motion. Nikon’s 91K-pixel RGB sensor am enthralled with this technology. Why? Because the images almost feel as has noticeable improvements in metering accuracy, while the larger LCD is though they were made with a 4x5 view camera! Special features like time- easier to read. The camera body feels solid and ergonomically simple, while lapse photography and the improved HD video quality and flexibility also add also feeling lighter and smaller than previous high-resolution Nikons. New tremendously to the camera’s personality. After spending a month with the cameras always inspire me to test and explore, and all the useful features D800, I’ll never be the same again. Perhaps the best compliment I can express in such a compact package will open huge creative possibilities for my high- is that now I will think differently about the images I make. quality prints and video. Specifications and equipment are subject to change without any notice or obligation on the part of the manufacturer. February 2012 2012 Nikon Corporation Nikon symbol is a registered trademark of Nikon Corporation in Japan and the USA. TO ENSURE CORRECT USAGE, READ MANUALS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING YOUR EQUIPMENT. WARNING SOME DOCUMENTATION IS SUPPLIED ON CD-ROM ONLY. Nikon Canada Inc. 1366 Aerowood Drive, Mississauga, Ontario, L4W 1C1, Canada www.nikon.ca Nikon Inc. 1300 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, N.Y. 11747-3064, U.S.A. www.nikonusa.com Printed in Japan Code No. 6CE11035 (1202/A)K DSLR-D800-30-2/12 • Lens: AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED • Exposure: [M] mode, 1 second, f/8 • White balance: Color temperature (5,000 K) • Sensitivity: ISO 100 • Picture Control: Standard ©Benjamin Antony Monn Bibliothèque nationale de France • Lens: AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II • Exposure: [M] mode, 1/200 second, f/4.5 • White balance: Auto 2 • Sensitivity: ISO 640 • Picture Control: Portrait ©Cliff Mautner • Lens: AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II • Exposure: [A] mode, 1/15 second, f/8 • White balance: Auto 1 • Sensitivity: ISO 100 • Picture Control: Landscape ©Jim Brandenburg • Lens: AF-S NIKKOR 200mm • Lens: AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor f/2G ED VR II 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED • Exposure: [M] mode, • Exposure: [A] mode, 1/200 second, f/10 1/500 second, f/8 • White balance: Color • White balance: Auto 1 temperature (5,500 K) • Sensitivity: ISO 400 • Sensitivity: ISO 100 • Picture Control: Standard • Picture Control: Portrait ©Jim Brandenburg ©Rob Van Petten MINUSCULE DETAILS, MONUMENTAL IMAGES, BROADCAST QUALITY VI DEOS What does it take to render images perfectly? Sharp resolution? Subtle textures? Color fidelity? Tones faces even when shooting through the optical viewfinder, adding even more of an edge to your AF, AE so nuanced that the viewer wants to reach out and touch them? All of this is possible with the D800, and i-TTL flash performance. If your workflow demands broadcast quality video with high-fidelity audio Nikon’s newest FX-format D-SLR. Its groundbreaking 36.3 megapixels and the powerful EXPEED 3 recording, D-Movie will satisfy even the most demanding clients. Moreover, the D800 shoots 1080p Full image-processing engine offer imaging potential that rivals some of the best studio cameras, but with HD in both FX- and DX-based formats, offering cinematographers a liberating versatility. All of this works the agility and durability of a Nikon digital SLR body. Depict the slightest change in light or shadow, in conjunction with outstanding mechanical precision, as well as the exceptionally sharp and versatile on a piece of jewelry or in the glow of human skin. Still images reach a completely new height NIKKOR lens lineup. Turn your imagination into stunning still images and spectacular video. Create with unprecedented depth and details, both indoors and out, and this is only the beginning. Nikon’s something monumental. With the D800, you can. exclusive 91K-pixel RGB sensor enables the Advanced Scene Recognition System to detect human Resolution, color and dy namic range: the perfect trinity 36Megapixels&EXPEED 3 HIGH RESOLUTION & WIDE ISO SENSITIVITY RANGE HIGH IMAGE QUALITY & IMAGE-PROCESSING SPEED EXPEED 3 image-processing engine: speed, versatility, and high performance High-megapixel still images are detail-rich but data-heavy. With the D800, however, you don’t have to sacrifice speed for this privilege. Dedicated to understanding ISO 100 ISO 6400 speed and its role in image making, Nikon Fine details can be maintained throughout the wide engineers designed a powerful EXPEED 3 ISO sensitivity range. image-processing engine exclusively for digital SLRs. From image processing and card recording to image playback and image transfer, EXPEED 3 manages massive amounts of Nikon FX-format CMOS sensor with 36.3 effective Standard ISO 100 to ISO 6400, range expandable to data at faster speeds than EXPEED 2. Even with specialized megapixels ISO 50 to 25600 equivalent processing features like Active D-Lighting and high ISO noise The D800 renders levels of texture, nuance and detail to your High-resolution, studio-quality images shouldn’t be restricted reduction, capture speed is not affected. EXPEED 3 is so photography that, until now, have been the exclusive domain to the studio. The D800 sets a new benchmark for high- powerful that it handles data-intensive tasks such as Full Rich tones and natural colors thanks to the EXPEED 3 image-processing engine. of the complicated medium-format system. Define every resolution D-SLR cameras, with crisp clean images HD video recording at 30p with ease. You’ll also notice the • Lens: AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED • Exposure: [A] mode, 6 second, f/8 • White balance: Auto 1 eyelash, every line in tree bark, and every shimmer of light. across a wide ISO range. Flexibility like this opens up new difference in your still images and videos through minimized • Sensitivity: ISO 100 • Picture Control: Standard Savor the exceptional depth in your still images — with the imaging opportunities for both still photographers and noise and even richer colors and tones. In addition to these ©Jim Brandenburg astounding 36.3 effective megapixels, you can. Enlarge them cinematographers alike during the “magic hour”, the time fundamental advantages, the D800 reduces the kind of as big as A1 poster-sized prints (23.4 x 33.1 in./59.4 x 84.1 cm) just before dawn or at dusk when available light is often color phase shift that some cameras have difficulty with in 14-bit A/D conversion and 16-bit image processing for at 200 dpi, or crop aggressively to reach the composition you beautiful but scarce.